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  • 2 Feb 2024

    LONG HAI HONG v. CHAN YU LYDIA AND OTHERS

    Citation
    [2024] HKCFI 362
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP3179/2013

    The court exercised its case management discretion to stay the committal proceedings (including the Setting Aside Application) pending the outcome of the main trial because allowing the committal to proceed would risk prejudice and inconsistent findings, impose impractical evidential complexities (notably the differing relevance and admissibility of privileged Category 2 Documents), and therefore it is necessary and practical to adjudicate the committal after the trial; consequential costs of the case management stay were awarded to the Applicant and summarily assessed within specified parame…